Gas Station Locator

Inspiration

We were inspired by the various challenges to use APIs.

What it does

Our project alerts customers using SMS messages to where the most environmentally sustainable gas stations are located.

How we built it

Our project was built on Python. Our front end website was done in HTML and CSS. We used Google Maps API to get a list of nearby gas stations, then matched those to environmental scores for their parent companies using yesg. Then used Twilio to send the SMS message.

Challenges we ran into

Library and environment setup. We developed segments on our own machines and combining all the libraries was a challenge. Originally ArcGIS's location service API was going to be used, but we could not get a proper environment setup.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud to have put together a functional product in a short period of time.

What we learned

This was our first time using APIs for some members. How to send messages with Twilio. How to pull location data with Google Maps. Obtaining environmental scores from the sustainalytics database. More practice with Python.